Photograph

Burt Berinsky (1931-1991), head photographer for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) in the 1960s, took this picture in Selma, Alabama in 1965 during the critical civil rights struggles in the South. Selma was the scene of some of the most dramatic events in that historic campaign, including a brutal police attack on marchers as they crossed the bridge on the city's outskirts and the Selma to Montgomery march.